1. What and Where is XFree86?

XFree86 is a port of X11R6.4 that supports several versions of
Intel-based Unix. It is derived from X386 1.2, which was the X server
distributed with X11R5. This release consists of many new features
and performance improvements as well as many bug fixes.

The binaries on the FTP site were built on the latest released LynxOS
version at the time XFree86 4.2.0 was released. In this case it is
`LynxOS x86 3.0.1'. Because of changes made to the object format they
don't run on LynxOS versions earlier than 3.0.0.

Building of this XFree86 version has never been tested on LynxOS versions
earlier than 2.5.1.

This release contains preliminary build support for `LynxOS 3.1.0'.
Since this OS release was not available long enough for serious testing
`LynxOS 3.1.0' support has to be considered to be in `alpha state'.
Initial tests were performed on LynxOS x86 only!

XFree86 4.2.0 supports LynxOS on the x86 and on
the PowerPC platform. X servers are currently available only on the
x86 platform. The X server may work with some PowerPC platforms
supported by LynxOS though this has not (yet) been thoroughly tested.

If you need binaries for other platforms than the one on the
XFree86 FTP server or if you have comments or suggestions about this
document contact me (
tmueller@sysgo.de
).